---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the city of White Plains to impose occupancy tax"
description: "Extends occupancy tax in the city of White Plains to 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 9534"
citation: "New York A 9534 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/060b985c-4ed1-470f-b6ce-50d190bf2388"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A9534"
source_hash: "b0a3d8b09d105169f44ea407fddfbf66baa5f6196b77ab0740209fdd05caac06"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 9534 (2017-2018) — Authorizes the city of White Plains to impose occupancy tax

Extends occupancy tax in the city of White Plains to 2021.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A9534 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9534&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A9534 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A9534)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **116–25** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** REPORTED
- **2018-04-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.759
- **2018-05-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-05-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-07** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1121
- **2018-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-05-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-05-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-01** SIGNED CHAP.66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/060b985c-4ed1-470f-b6ce-50d190bf2388`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).